2021-22 Big East Conference Results

[tower912]

Hurley chooses to not foul up 3.  Stayed home, walled up.  SJU bricked.  UConn wins 63-60.   Beating up SJU on the offensive boards.

[bradforster]

St John's is a terrible free throw shooting team and the strategy to foul would have been just as effective.  They played it out and the defense was suffocating that last 12 seconds.  I did not think a foul should have been called late in the game against St John's on what appeared to be a Cole travelling violation.  The Johnnies should have had the ball down one with 12 seconds left.  It's a shame Big East officiating couldn't get out of its own way once again. 

[rocky_warrior]

I did not think a foul should have been called late in the game against St John's on what appeared to be a Cole travelling violation.  The Johnnies should have had the ball down one with 12 seconds left.  It's a shame Big East officiating couldn't get out of its own way once again.

It was a pretty clear reach-in on the replay prior to Cole falling down/travelling.  Now, perhaps you saw that and thought the foul still shouldn't have been called, but it was a foul.

[MU82]

St John's is a terrible free throw shooting team and the strategy to foul would have been just as effective.  They played it out and the defense was suffocating that last 12 seconds.  I did not think a foul should have been called late in the game against St John's on what appeared to be a Cole travelling violation.  The Johnnies should have had the ball down one with 12 seconds left.  It's a shame Big East officiating couldn't get out of its own way once again.

Either would have worked just fine. Obviously, UConn played tremendous defense there. It helped to have a veteran team; also helped that St. John's didn't have any time-outs left to discuss strategy.

One thing for sure ... if St. John's had hit a miracle 3, Hurley would have been ripped. Fouling up 3 is the "safe" decision as far as scrutiny goes, so from that alone I'm a little surprised by the number of coaches who don't do it.

I did think Cole was fouled, as the defender had both hands on him. So we'll agree to disagree there.

[bradforster]

We definitely saw the end of the St John's/UConn game differently.  I did not agree with the foul call at the end and neither did any of the guys in studio after the game.  Purdue just fouled up three with 8.1 seconds left and Maryland hit a pair of free throws to close back within one.  It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the waning seconds. 

[bradforster]

Wow - Purdue fouls up three with 8.1 seconds on the clock, Maryland hits both free throws and then Purdue turns the ball over on the inbounds play.  Maryland has a shot to pull of an upset and gets blocked at the rim.  What a finish.  The strategy to foul up three nearly proves disastrous for the Boilermakers. 

[Uncle Rico]

St. John's kicking away their NIT hopes

[Herman Cain]

Solid win for U Conn

Big East Conference needs its leadership teams to win these kind of games

[Newsdreams]

Solid win for U Conn

Big East Conference needs its leadership teams to win these kind of games

No, bad for our BET seeding.

[bradforster]

There's no way a UConn win was good for MU, but it shouldn't matter if this team takes care of its own business the rest of the way!

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

No, bad for our BET seeding.

Agree with this. I don't care what our regular season record ends up being. I just want us a top 5 seed in the BET.

[Ardmore Mug]

Just take care of our business, WIN ! ! !    Can't depend on other teams to take care of our business ! ! !
GO WARRIORS !!!

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Won't matter.  He won't be considered unless they get turned down by 150 others

So you're saying I have a chance?

[drewm88]

Hurley chooses to not foul up 3.  Stayed home, walled up.  SJU bricked.  UConn wins 63-60.   Beating up SJU on the offensive boards.

They had a lot of safe chances to foul with only a few seconds left. Almost cost them. I don't like fouling with 8 left like Purdue did, but 2 or 3 should be an easy choice.

[MU82]

They had a lot of safe chances to foul with only a few seconds left. Almost cost them.

I don't see how it "almost cost" UConn. St. John's never came close to getting off what anybody could describe as a "good" shot, and the shot they did take missed badly.

And FWIW, I'd have been fine with just about any coach choosing to foul or to not foul in that situation.

[drewm88]

Wheeler is a 39% shooter from 3. Even with a guy in his face, I think a shot from him has a decent chance to go in. He dribbled with 3.0 seconds left. Perfect time to foul him and send him and his 68% FT shooting to the line.

[MU82]

Wheeler is a 39% shooter from 3. Even with a guy in his face, I think a shot from him has a decent chance to go in. He dribbled with 3.0 seconds left. Perfect time to foul him and send him and his 68% FT shooting to the line.

We'll agree to disagree. It was a heavily contested shot that wasn't close to going in. The strategy didn't "almost cost" UConn anything.

Meanwhile, in the Maryland-Purdue game, fouling up 3 did "almost cost" Purdue. I understand Purdue fouling, but they did it with too much time remaining.

[MU82]

Who we rooting for tonight, Wright & Company or The Provi?

[Herman Cain]

Who we rooting for tonight, Wright & Company or The Provi?

As much as I like Cooley & Company, I am going to be rooting for Nova. Our two wins over Nova are important to our NCAA resume and thus I want them to continue to be highly rated in NET and overall.  A close game with a Nova win would be good for MU.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Who we rooting for tonight, Wright & Company or The Provi?

I'm going Providence on this one. We can theoretically catch Nova in the BEast standings. I don't see us catching Providence. Further, NOVA is firmly entrenched as a Q1(H)/Q1(R) game for the entire Big East. Providence is right on the line for a Q1/Q1 and Q1/Q2 game. Nova will be a Q1/Q1 no matter what happens the rest of the season. Providence winning would go along way towards solidifying them as a Q1/Q1.

[Herman Cain]

Solid win for the Bluejays over The Hoyas yesterday.

https://omaha.com/sports/college/creighton/alex-oconnells-27-points-helps-creighton-hold-off-georgetown/article_de3c316e-8dc9-11ec-b1db-0b6443206fcc.html

[Uncle Rico]

Solid win for the Bluejays over The Hoyas yesterday.

https://omaha.com/sports/college/creighton/alex-oconnells-27-points-helps-creighton-hold-off-georgetown/article_de3c316e-8dc9-11ec-b1db-0b6443206fcc.html

Saturday, they dodged a bullet.  Last night, it was a solid win.

Huh

[DFW HOYA]

Solid win for the Bluejays over The Hoyas yesterday.

Hmmm...Creighton didn't make a basket for the final 8:10 of the game and held on in the final 2:00 at the foul line. Georgetown had two opportunities to cut the score to three but Kaiden Rice decided in both cases that a 35 foot shot was preferable to an guard cutting to the hoop.

[Scoop Snoop]

Hmmm...Creighton didn't make a basket for the final 8:10 of the game and held on in the final 2:00 at the foul line. Georgetown had two opportunities to cut the score to three but Kaiden Rice decided in both cases that a 35 foot shot was preferable to an guard cutting to the hoop.

Weird game. I thought GT just might pull it off after falling behind by 23 early in the 2nd half and somehow getting back into the game. Wow!. After tomorrow night's game, I hope they finally win some games. 

[Uncle Rico]

V up on the Dence nearing the half